Coat collar and method of forming the same



w. H; KESSEL 'COAT COLLAR AND METHOD OF'FORMING THE SAME Filed Dec. .'50, 1925 Inventor 4 `are'nevertheless inot exclusively used' onac- Patented Feb. 22, 1927.

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aereas WILLIAM II. KESSEL, or LOUISVILLE, :KENrucKr Ycorri* COLLAR ANU Mnriicnror Aroaivriive TIIE SAME.

' Application filed December v30, 1925. Serial No. 78,358.

ducing the: cost'i off manufacture in the Ahand i -a-ppearing made coats-"that-arefuniversaily preferred to the machine mad'efcoats,v but countfofftheprohibitive yprices in so far as the majority is concerned.

It is well known that the machine made type of coat collar is very thick and bulky at its free edges, thus preventing the collar from lying flat with respect to the shoulder and neck portions ofthe coat which`considerably detract from the appearance of the garment and really demonstrates the fact that the same is of the machine made type.

In following my method, collars may be constructed almost entirely through use of a machine but regardless of this fact, said free edges of a collar formed by the present method will be relatively thin, in fact as much if not more so than the hand made type of collar and this in a relatively inexpensive manner when compared with the cost of producing Ycollars entirely by hand.

` Obviously, an additional object of the in-v vention is the provision of such a method of coat collar construction that will permit the manufacture of a relatively great number of collars within an equal amount of time required in the construction of but a few collars when the same are constructed entirely by hand. .l

In the drawings wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding throughout the Yditerent views:

Figure l is a rear side elevation of a col-` lar partially constructed in accordance with the present method. f Y

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front side elevation of the collar, a portion of the coat material being broken away,

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. Q., but disclosing the. collar forming material strip in reverse position prior to the turning of the same, after the coat material and the lining have been stitched by machine at three of its edges. Y

Fig. 4 is a greatly enlarged verticalvsection taken substantiallyV upon the line 4 4 part-s n Vstrip of material 5, the lining strip 7 being of the'iini'shed portion ofthe collar shown in'Fig. l, and i Y Fig. 5 is asimilar sectionl taken upon` the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. l l

In clearly'describirug- -my invention, refer- .'en'cewilllirstbe made to the structn'ralidev'tails ofy a collarfornied by Imy method, said collar being shown'in" Figs. Ito 5k inclusive.

Said collar includes astrip of material .5: of

the same-goods fromviliich the `coat body,

isf forme-d, Ythe sainebeing :ofany conventional collar.' design. e rEhe 'collar l'further comprises a-A strip `:of: suitable lstilfening 'material 6, preferably canvas of the identical shape of the collar material strip 5 that is in a manner hereinafter described secured to said collar material throughout its upper and end edges as is thev case inpractically all coat collars of today.

The formed collar further constitutes the provision of a strip of lining material 7 also secured to the three edges of the main collar material in such a manner and with such respect to the main collar material and the lining, as to present a collar having the appearance of an entirely hand made product.

In carrying out my method the strip of lining 7 is laid on its inner face upon the strip of stiffening material 6 and then machine basted thereto as indicated by the reference characterV 8in Fig. 5. The lining stripvris of slightly Vlesser dimensions than the stiiening strip 6 inorder that the upper and end edges of the same will be in slight inward spaced relation with the. similar edges of the stifl'ening strip 6, Fig. 3. The basting between the lining and stiii'ening strip is so regulated that the edges of the strip will be unconnected, Figs. 2 and 5.

The stiitening strip is then laid upon the in between as clearl i shown also in Figs. 3 and also Fig. 5, after which the stiifening strip and material strip 5 and 6 respectively are joined at their upper end edges byma.-

Y chine stitching 9.

The collar thus formed is then turned inside out` it being noted from a consideration of Fig. 4, that the fold line of the outer coat material strip 5 is in slight spaced relation with the row of stitching 9, this fold line being indicated by the reference character 10 in Fig. 4, while the fold line in the stitfening material 6v is directly adjacent the point of stitching as indicated by the reference charnoter 11 in the saine figure. This nionner ot reifersinr the partially ilorined collar as shown in Fig. 5, Will permit the lining strip 7 to be brought into engagement with the fold line of the collar materiel strip 5, Figs. 1 and 4, after which the lining strip :1nd the material strip may be bound together hy hand stitching 1l', Fig. 1.

It will thus be seen that the iree edge ot u eollzir constructed in accordance with the present invention will be ol? hut slightlyv greater thickness than the body ot the collar for thus presenting en edge similar to the entire hand constructed coller which is greatly referred for reasons above set ont.

swing thus described in x invention. what `I claim es new sind desire to secure by Letters Patent is A method of forming Cost collars that inelndes the provision of n strip oi4l mein collar forming materiel, a stiiening strip, and n lining strip, the lining strip being of lesser dimension then the stifi'ening strip, seid method. consisting of first hosting the lining, strip to the stiifening strip tliroughout an eren within the upper und end edge portions of ine strip so that the upper und end edge portions nre unconnected, then laying the stili-'onine' strip upon the ninin collar 'forining nmterinl strip with the .lining strip interposed therelietn'een. and stitching` the upper edge :1nd end portions ot the collar forming inuteriel strip and the stilfening strip together, then turning the strips inside ont so that the stitlening strip will he disposed between the other two strips, the fold of the eollnr formingr strip being disposed outwardly of the told ot' the sti'ening strip, and finally stitching the upper and end portions of the lining strip to the main collar material forming strip at theiifold o said last mentioned strip. l

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM I-I. KESSEL. 

